Top Ten Twitter #Hashtags for Genealogists

There is little doubt that Twitter has become one of the most influential platforms for getting your message out to the masses.

Hashtags can be a very confusing proposition to new tweeters, that’s ok, I was there not long ago. I’m not professing to be an expert by any means but I think I am ahead of the learning curve for now.

What is a hasttag?

The # symbol is called a 'mark' and in conjunction with keywords or topics in a Tweet it creates a hashtag.

Why should you include a hashtag?

It’s a way to categorize messages and enables those with similar interests to find each other.

Why should you include a hashtag with your tweets?

So we can find you. They are the single best way to get your tweets seen by those who don’t

already follow you.

If you’re a little overwhelmed than just use #genealogy, it a great catch-all tag for genealogists. and a great place to start. It’s my go to tag.

The Top Ten #Hashtags for Genealogists

(These are in no particular order, as Twitter hasno method of accounting for which of these particular hashtags are the most popular.)

#genealogy

#family history

#WDYTYA (Who Do You Think You Are?)

#ancestry

#archival

#familysearch

#genealogist

#memoirs

#familystories

#rootstech

You can also combine hashtags for instance if you want to share a genealogy blog you like try combining #followfriday and #genealogy. Best Practices recommends you don't use more than 3 hashtags per tweet.

Or if writing your family history and want to share a tip or story try using #writing and #family history.

If you’re looking for other hashtags you can search for them a Twitter Search.

Have a favourite #hashtag you follow that is popular amongst the genealogy crowd, drop me a line I’ll add it to my list.

I’m also tweeting Family Recipe Friday at #familyrecipes, and for those of you writing your family history, or a novel based on your family history we can share tweets at #familywriter

6 comments:

After seeing DearMYRTLE's webinar on Twitter, I am glad to see this article. Although I have had a Twitter account, I have not really learned much about it as I have Facebook more. So, this will help me in learning the # marks.

I send a tweet every time I create a new post, usually using #genealogy #familyhistory #memoirMost #memoir I follow don't use the "S" but that's probably a toss-up. Good tweeting advice in combining hash tags. I just don't know how much following I'm getting from Twitter, but feel I have to do it in today's world.

Hi Linda, I have noticed that there is a hashtag "memoir" and "memoirs". I currently follow the one with the "s" but I'll have to check out the other one and see which I prefer. @genibeth, adding #cemetery to my list, thanks for the suggestion.

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